| Competition is | |
| creative: no more wheels, but -- | |
| coaches on sledges. | |
| Concurrentie is | Wettbewerb ist schlau: |
| creatief: geen wielen, maar -- | keine Räder mehr, sondern -- |
| koetsen op sledes. | Kutschen auf Schlitten. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-12
To reduce traffic congestion on the quays, Amsterdam levied a tax on vehicle wheels from 1737 onwards
Collection: Local traffic
| Carelessly they mix | |
| up their neighbours and then they -- | |
| simply walk away. | |
| Zorgeloos gooien | Zuerst bringen sie |
| ze hun buren in de war -- | die Nachbarn durcheinander -- |
| en lopen dan weg. | dann laufen sie weg. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-11
De Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - 1949
Novel "The Great Gatsby" (1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald) - Narrator Nick Carraway: 'They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and ... then retreated back into their money ... and let other people clean up the mess they had made'
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
| She is eager, wants | |
| to have me, yet not give up -- | |
| anything for me. | |
| Ze is gretig, wil | Sie ist gierig, will |
| me veroveren, maar niets -- | mich erobern, aber nichts -- |
| voor me opgeven. | für mich aufgeben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-05
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 2, chapter 8
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone
| Being on you own | |
| and living comfortably? | |
| Then you are a troll. | |
| Graag op jezelf zijn | Gerne allein sein |
| en comfortabel leven? | und komfortabel leben? |
| Dan ben je een trol. | Dann bist du ein Troll. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-18
Night scene (Henrik Ibsen / Edvard Grieg) - 1867
Play (music 1876), fifth act, "Nattscene" ("Night scene") - The dying Peer Gynt looks back on his life
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik
Composer: Grieg, Edvard
| The ministries and | |
| the parliament: waiting rooms -- | |
| and transit places. | |
| De ministeries, | Ministerien, |
| het parlement: wachtruimtes, | Parlament: Wartezimmer, |
| overstapplaatsen. | Umsteigeplätze. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Left and right, voters | |
| all are unfortunately -- | |
| against welfare cuts. | |
| Links en rechts, alle | Links und rechts, alle |
| kiezers zijn helaas tegen -- | Wähler sind leider gegen -- |
| welvaartsverlaging. | den Wohlstandsabbau. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-02
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 463, Maarten Koning and Klaas de Ruiter (1974)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Don't think of yourself! | |
| Join me, you would never want -- | |
| me to go alone! | |
| Denk niet aan jezelf! | Komm, sträube dich nicht, |
| Kom mee, nooit zou je willen -- | denn schließlich lässt du mich nicht -- |
| dat ik alleen ga! | alleine gehen! |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-13
#113 - Tom Puss and the Mighty Barribal (Marten Toonder) - 1966
Comic strip #113 - "Tom Poes en de grote Barribal" (tiers 5631-5688), tier 5631
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| More prosperity, | |
| more resistance of people -- | |
| who are better-off. | |
| Steeds meer mensen, meer | Immer mehr Wohlstand, |
| welvaart, en ook meer verzet -- | und mehr Widerstand aller -- |
| van wie het goed heeft. | die besser dran sind. |
Amsterdam, 2021-09-10
Does conservatism save the planet Earth and humanity?
Collection: On living on [2]
